Three Lipscomb track and field athletes qualified to compete in the East Preliminary Round of the NCAA Track and Field Championships hosted next week by the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.

For months the Lipscomb track and field squads have been preparing for this competition. The teams will put their best foot forward as they compete in the 2014 Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships Friday and Saturday.

As of late the Lipscomb track and field team has struggled to reach their full potential in competition.
The group is still showing signs of fatigue, but Saturday’s events did see somewhat better results.

Lipscomb’s track and field squads competed at the Mt. Sac Relays for their first day of weekend competition.
The team struggled in their search to post better results than those seen the past two weeks.

The Lipscomb track and field teams will not be traveling too far from home as they head to their next competitions, which are split between TSU and the Tennessee Relays hosted by the University of Tennessee.

The Lipscomb track and field teams were split this week between two different meets and the results were positive on both fronts. Christian Freeman finished third and broke Ryan Chastain’s school record in the 3000 meters with a 8:26.64.

Friday and Saturday part of both the men’s and women’s teams will travel to the Crossplex for the third time this season. Another group of Lipscomb athletes will be heading north to Southern Illinois for the SIU Invitational Friday and Saturday.

Lipscomb’s runners had their moments, but the field athletes carried the team.The Bisons placed second behind host Tennessee State and the Lady Bisons finished fifth Saturday at the TSU Invitational at the Gentry Center.

April Terry has competed in two indoor meets this season and has broken school records each time. This Saturday she and the rest of her teammates will make the short trip across town for the Tennessee State Invite.

Competing in the Emory Crossplex Invitational at the Birmingham Crossplex coach Bill Taylor got his first look at his distance runners in an indoor meet this season. His squad set six school records on Sunday.

Saturday's meet marks a return to the Birmingham Crossplex for the Bisons who opened the indoor track and field season there two weeks ago in the UAB Blazer Invite. The meet will be held Sunday with field events starting at 9:30 a.m. and track events beginning at 11.

The first day of the UAB Blazer Invite at the Birmingham Crossplex Arena ran overtime Friday night. But despite the unknowns related to a first meet of the season Syverson liked what he saw the first day. The event continues today.

It’s the first meet of the season and first collegiate outing for several Lipscomb Bisons and Lady Bisons. If tradition holds true that means the coaching staff will be dealing with jitters, possible freak outs and nausea as well as overseeing what their athletes do on the track and in the field events.

The Lipscomb track & field program will start the 2013-14 year with the largest and deepest recruiting class in the Division I era. Highlighted by a number of nationally ranked student-athletes, the class also boasts depth in almost all event areas.

Two sub-9 minute 3200m runners highlight the men’s 2013 cross country/distance recruiting class for Lipscomb. In total, nine class of 2013 men make up the best distance recruiting class in Lipscomb history.